Dennis Skusek and Mitch Walker of Mitronics Corporation, one of Australia’s largest independently owned office equipment suppliers, deliver approximately 25 machines a week. When they encounter stairs the Mitronics team hire a SR 450 battery-electric, rubber tracked stair climber from Kennards Lift & Shift .
The SR 450 stair climber can carry loads of up to 350kg, at a maximum angle of 45 degrees. It is 460mm wide and weighs 49kg. The SR 450 stair climber has twin rubber tracks that spread the load equally over three treads of stairway, and a folding swivel wheel that provides easy turning in small spaces.
Also available from Kennards Lift & Shift are vertical stair climbers that can carry up to 300kg and stair robots with a capacity of up to 1000kg.